Anti-Trudeau Bloc Takes Shape With Alberta Conservative Win
- Kenney unseats Notley in oil-rich, pipeline-poor province
- Canadian prime minister increasingly alone on climate change
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Alberta became the third major province in Canada over the past year to elect a conservative-leaning government in a growing front of opposition to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s liberal vision for the country.
The United Conservative Party, founded in 2017 as a merger of two right-of-center groups and led by former federal cabinet minister Jason Kenney, won a majority of legislative seats in the oil-rich province. His victory over New Democratic Party Premier Rachel Notley restores the status quo in a province that until her 2015 victory had a decades-long run of conservative leaders. The UCP was leading or had won 63 seats, versus 24 for the NDP, according to the latest preliminary results on Wednesday.